Frontier Ruckus is a band that I grew up alongside. I shamelessly plug them whenever I get a chance. They make music about the places I grew up and sing about it in a way that makes me feel so close to it. Their new album just came out, but their first 2 albums are their standout. The Orion Songbook and Deadmalls and Nightfalls.
I’ve been really enjoying Frontier Ruckus’s new album On The Northline.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k5kuQt2Jq5SlPHUPY2o3m5rW8jQgM7QZM&si=4-dVqNss-kq4EQIz
Group buy means a group of people all order their board at the same time (usually through a vendor in whichever region you’re in. Zoom keyboards group buy for North America takes place through Cannonkeys.com) so enough quantity can be produced to interest factories to actually take on the order. Nice keyboards are certainly a niche product. Group buys are risky business. I like Meletrix keyboards because they are relatively affordable, good sturdy heavy build, and they have shipped very close to on time for the 2 orders I’ve placed so far. But it’s not uncommon to hear horror stories of products never shipping or delays on top of delays. But it is a journey. I kind of treat the experience like a large Lego set or a model. It takes time and patience but the results are great.
Its an investment in time, energy, and money l, but you truly get something one of a kind. They only open up the group buy about twice a year, so patience is key. So this might now work for you considering you need something soon, but the group buy keyboard world has some really cool options.
If you’re looking to start messing with switches, and modifying things seems intriguing, you can always look at building a board. I really like the Meletrix Zoom line. You have to wait for group buys, but you get a highly customizabled device.
That right there, is a jam.
Mine at least came with the 4 pack game of
But Sewer Shark was my first real game for Sega CD and my 2nd grade mind was not prepared. Young me thought I was dumb and couldn’t do it because I was little…nah that game is just rough.
Streets of Rage. I can hear the synthwave blasting from back in 1993.
I discovered this album while working for a hospice equipment rental company. It helped me understand the emotions of people going through such intense loss. It’s beautiful and ugly at the same time. It somehow manages to capture the full spectrum of emotions of that experience. This is one of the great albums of this millennium. I don’t know how the artist captured it so well, but I hope he found some relief from his hospice experience by creating that album. 10/10.